Printing Manager

Summary

Under the direction of the Manufacturing Manager, direct and coordinate all press department operations. Be accountable for manufacturing costs, quality and quantity of production, methods used and effective use of production hours, skills, machines and equipment. Participate in planning production schedule, staffing requirements and manufacturing controls. Expedite scheduled production, investigate delays and initiate corrective action to assure economical production through efficient procedures. Administer company rules, regulations and policies governing employment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain color control systems.
• Train employees on printing and color control.
• Establish and hold supervisors/employees accountable to print quality expectations.
• Train employees on lamination.
• Establish and hold supervisors/employees accountable to lamination quality expectations.
• Troubleshoot and address print/lam production issues.
• Oversee and ensure all presses and laminators are properly maintained to meet highest quality printing and laminations.
• Lead continuous improvement projects using lean manufacturing principles, project management methods, and world class printing expectations.
• Attend daily scheduling and design review meetings.
• Identify and resolve employee training issues.
• Heavily involved in technical improvements, including refining internal operation methods or sequences as well as improving efficiency.
• Monitor and measure daily production output as compared to standards in the areas of run times, waste, down time and have ready dates.
• Anticipate and prepare for short term and long-term production needs.
• Establish action plans and timelines for quality, safety and service improvements.
• Provide internal and external root cause / corrective action analysis for the Production Department.
• Active team leader for various teams including but not limited to safety, waste and SMED.
• Responsible for continually improving safety procedures in the Production Department.
• Responsible for manufacturing's segment of new product development.
• Travel upon request to meetings with vendors or customers.
• Participate as a member of APC's Division Leadership Team and the Food Safety Team ensuring that fundamental food safety practices are adopted and maintained. The Division Leadership Team also ensures that adequate resources are available to achieve food safety objectives and support the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of SQF System.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Associate degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and five to seven years related experience and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skills

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and climb or balance.
• The employee is regularly required to hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Any lifting over 35 pounds would require assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.